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that of the Horse, excepting that it is furnished 

 with erect horns about six inches in length, 

 which, from being never cast, may be considered 

 permanent. These horns are unbrancheri, and 

 covered with a hairy skin, terminating in a 

 tuft of short bristles. 



Its neck, which is adorned with a short mane, 

 is peculiarly long, slender, and elegant, giving to 

 the Animala most graceful appearance. Its fore 

 and hind legs, are nearly of equal length ; but its 

 shoulders are so prominent,that, thro wing the back 

 off in adescending arch, they convey to the mind 

 a greater idea of elevation in the fore legs and 

 neck, than they actually possess, particularly 

 when the animal is reaching at snbstances igh- 

 er than itself. 



The Cameleopardis naturally a gentle and timid 

 animal, confining its haunts to the interior forests 

 of the warmer latitudes of Africa, where it browses 

 on the leaves and smaller branches of trees, 

 particularly of the mimosa or gum arabic tree, 

 and to which the great length and form of its 

 neck, admirably adapt it. 



When taken young, (for the adult animal is 

 rarely caught,) it is very easily tamed and 

 domesticated, readily associating with any other 

 animals that may be grazing in the same pasture 

 with itself; as may have been observed in His 

 Majesty's Park at Windsor, where one of this 



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